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The Double-Edged Sword: Insured and Still at Risk
- We assume that having health insurance will stave off the possibility of overwhelming medical debt. Our premiums add to our insurance company’s deep pot of money—the pot it will draw from to help us...
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PCMH Works. Needs Consensus on Standards and Incentives.
- If you follow coordinated care policy closely, then you’ve likely already seen the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative’s (PCPCC) PCMH Annual Review of Evidence released earlier this week....
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Recognition Redesign Google Hangout: We Tried It. We liked It.
- The Google Hangout: Recognition Redesign It’s finally here for your viewing pleasure, a cleaned up version of the NCQA Google Hangout discussing our Recognition Redesign efforts. As you may know,...
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Why Credentialing Matters
- We live in a time where buzz words like “patient safety” and “value-based health care” are hot trending topics. But how do we know people responsible for patient care and safety have what it takes?...
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Public Policy Roundup
- NCQA gives a rundown of the best national, state and private sector health care articles from the week. Here are our picks for today’s Public Policy Weekly Clips. National: NCQA’s Margaret O’Kane...
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The Double-Edged Sword: Insured and Still at Risk
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - We assume that having health insurance will stave off the possibility of overwhelming medical debt. Our premiums add to our insurance company’s deep pot of money—the pot it will...
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PCMH Works. Needs Consensus on Standards and Incentives.
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - If you follow coordinated care policy closely, then you’ve likely already seen the Patient Centered Primary Care Collaborative’s (PCPCC) PCMH Annual Review of Evidence released...
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Recognition Redesign Google Hangout: We Tried It. We liked It.
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - The Google Hangout: Recognition Redesign It’s finally here for your viewing pleasure, a cleaned up version of the NCQA Google Hangout discussing our Recognition Redesign efforts....
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Why Credentialing Matters
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - We live in a time where buzz words like “patient safety” and “value-based health care” are hot trending topics. But how do we know people responsible for patient care and safety...
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Public Policy Roundup
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - NCQA gives a rundown of the best national, state and private sector health care articles from the week. Here are our picks for today’s Public Policy Weekly Clips. National: NCQA’s...
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The American Health Care Act: A Public Policy Update
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - As you know, late last week the U.S House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) on a 217–213 vote. We asked our Public Policy Team to break it down for us....
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Quality Talks 2017 Martin Makary: Measure What Matters
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Martin A. Makary, MD, MPH Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Professor of Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public...
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Quality Talks 2017 Josh Rosenthal, PhD: 50 Shades of Variation
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Josh Rosenthal, PhD Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, RowdMap, Inc. The book and the Brad Pitt movie, “Moneyball” is a true story. It’s about underdogs who use data to...
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Virginia Expands Medicaid… Now What?
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Any time more people get access to health care, we at NCQA think it’s a great thing. That’s why Virginia’s decision to expand Medicaid to more than 400,000 people this past week...
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The Stark Law: Waivers for Quality
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - “Value over volume.” NCQA promotes it. We have for a very long time. It’s why you hear us talk so much about common sense health objectives like Accountable Care Organizations...
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New Website: How It Helps You
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - We have redesigned NCQA’s main website—ncqa.org—to give people who care about health care quality important capabilities. Simpler, Shorter Descriptions We rewrote descriptions of...
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Patient-Centered Coordinated Care in Midlothian Village
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - NCQA traveled to Midlothian Village, Virginia, to get an “up-close and personal” perspective of how patient-centered coordinated care has transformed the quality of health care at...
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The American Health Care Act: A Public Policy Update
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - As you know, late last week the U.S House of Representatives passed the American Health Care Act (AHCA) on a 217–213 vote. We asked our Public Policy Team to break it down for us....
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Quality Talks 2017 Martin Makary: Measure What Matters
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Martin A. Makary, MD, MPH Professor of Surgery, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine; Professor of Health Policy & Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public...
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Quality Talks 2017 Josh Rosenthal, PhD: 50 Shades of Variation
NCQA Blog NCQA Blog - Josh Rosenthal, PhD Co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer, RowdMap, Inc. The book and the Brad Pitt movie, “Moneyball” is a true story. It’s about underdogs who use data to...
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